FrontBack Scanner
Scan photos fast, front & back
Only for Mac
Free
Mac
Lay a handful of photos on the glass, scan once, and get each one scanned as its own file. Flip the photos to catch the writing on the backs.
FrontBack Scanner turns a flatbed into a batch photo scanner. Lay four, six, a dozen prints on the glass at once, scan a single pass, and the app finds each photo, straightens it, trims the bed away, and saves it as its own full-resolution file.
Then flip all the images over and scan again. FrontBack pairs every back with the front it belongs to, so the note in your grandmother's handwriting is saved beside the photo it describes.
SCAN THE WHOLE SHOEBOX, NOT ONE PHOTO AT A TIME
- Auto-detect finds every print on the bed and boxes it
- One scan pass, cropped into many files
- Crooked prints are straightened; the bed background is trimmed off
- Photos that overlap or sit at odd angles are handled
BACKS, PAIRED TO THEIR FRONTS
- Flip the photos, scan once, and backs pair with fronts by position
- Link any back to any front by hand when a pile gets shuffled
- Backs are named after their front, with a suffix you choose
NAMES YOU CHOOSE, NOT DSC_0001
- Pick a base name and a starting number; every file follows
- Numbering picks up where a previous batch left off
- JPEG or lossless TIFF, at the resolution you set
TOO BIG FOR THE GLASS
- Scan an oversized print or album page in overlapping passes and stitch them
- Cut a whole album page into the individual photos mounted on it, and keep the page too
ALREADY HAVE A PILE OF SCANS?
- Open bed scans FrontBack did not make, one file or a whole folder
- Every region tool works on them, and your originals are only ever read, never changed
WORKS WITH THE SCANNER YOU HAVE
Any flatbed macOS can see: USB, shared, or a network scanner over Bonjour. No extra driver.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything happens on your Mac. FrontBack Scanner has no account, no analytics, and does not send your photos anywhere.
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Auto-detect now uses two learned region detectors to spot difficult layouts, including touching prints and pale photos. They vote independently, and uncertain cases keep the established result. Both models run entirely on your Mac; no scan or photo is uploaded.
The developer, Spencer Baker, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Spencer Baker
- Size
- 51.4 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Timeline Scan LLC.